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I think Greg Gard has been around long enough and this season is far enough along to have you put together your “All Greg Gard” team. Would love to see who you think makes the starting five and top reserve.
— Chris Davis (@cdavis20000) December 13, 2021
How do you think the badgers will prepare for the matchup against Purdue? A lot of injuries and illness have struck this team thus far. Players all feeling okay? Any backlash after Johnny’s comments towards our big men?
— Empty Shelves, Item on Backorder (@RightWingEgr) December 13, 2021
Badger Women's chances for a title this year in Volleyball?
— Aaron W Rivard (@awrivard) December 13, 2021
— Ty (@TJHoeft14) December 6, 2021
Hmm…. Not sure I’ve ever seen a cover like this before. @laurenbarnes_2 pic.twitter.com/4JXUcWS1Va
— Kelly Sheffield (@KellyPSheffield) December 10, 2021
Paul Chryst and Greg Gard are the right head coaches at Wisconsin for their respective programs. The alternatives? Brian Kelly & Bruce Pearl? Mac’s responses seemed to indicate Wisconsin has limits compared to other schools, i.e., style of play, money, and academics. Thoughts?
— Jeff Ostach (@jeff_ostach) December 13, 2021
with the 2022 recruiting cycle almost over, what are the biggest needs for Wisconsin football in the 2023 cycle?
— Wishbone (@SeannyWishbone4) December 13, 2021
Specific football question and maybe more directed to Colton, but by my count the Badgers have lost 9 transfers, plus 16 Seniors and possibly lose a couple more to early entry draft. Yet right now just 13 recruits. So, any ideas? Covid year correction?
— akschaaf (@akschaaf) December 13, 2021
Maybe this is kind of a chicken vs egg question, but do you see WI’s struggles w/ recruiting talent at the WR position being an issue of overcoming the stigma of being a run heavy team or the inability to execute their passing game effectively which leads to that stigma?
— Andrew Zimdars (@andrew_zimdars) December 13, 2021
Your column last week cited a quote from Chryst via text which I can’t remember ever seeing ever done since he’s been HC. Has Chryst always been open to this or this a newer development? If new, is this due to a sense of urgency about the current status of things? pic.twitter.com/8lZh5Kecwm
— BuckAround (@Buck_Around) December 13, 2021
#Packers, #Bucks, #BadgerVB, #BadgerFB, #BadgerMBB, #BadgerWBB #BadgerWHcky #BadgerMHcky
— JMW123 (@jmw1235) December 13, 2021
All of these are regularly on TV and also have home games at reasonable prices.
Which one provides the most entertainment for the common #Badger fan?
How do you decide what to cover?
Realizing it’s a completely subjective question, what does your gut tell you the chances of both Aaron and Adams being back next year with long term deals?
— Tony (@TStrobe78) December 13, 2021
How concerned should Packers fan be with the Special Teams and what's left of the O-line costing us a chance at a Super Bowl?
— whitey (@Whiteywilhelm) December 13, 2021
Fave 5: Jim Polzin picks his favorite stories of 2021
Jim Polzin stepped into a new role in June, going from University of Wisconsin men’s basketball beat reporter to Lee Sports Wisconsin columnist.
Polzin wore both hats later that month when, on back-to-back days, he broke the news about seven seniors confronting coach Greg Gard in a secretly recorded meeting during the 2020-21 season and followed up with a column about how that recording had exposed cracks in the program’s foundation.
I wish I didn’t have to write this story about the daughter of former UW football standout Al Toon, who was killed in an apparent murder-suici…
I was assigned this story when the news broke in early April that Alvarez was “retiring.” A couple months later, I’d produce what may have bee…
I wanted to get a game column in this list and there were handful from which to choose. But selected this one from the opener against Penn Sta…
Moseley is a fascinating woman who’s in the early stages of a major rebuilding project. Not as many people read this story as I’d hoped, so ma…
This story has been on a Microsoft Word document of stories I’d wanted to pursue ever since Smart, who grew up in the Madison area, was named …
Contact Jim Polzin at jpolzin@madison.com.
Now that we a month in to the season, how do you change your crystal ball for the Badgers men’s team in the BIG race?
— Rob (@finleyr27) December 13, 2021
